FORBES’ 100 Richest Tech Billionaires in the Universe

FORBES just released the list of 100 Richest Tech Billionaires from Around the Globe.

As quoted from the website (www.Forbes.com), the list was done by the following methodology :

For the list, Forbes chose to exclude telecom and media in our definition of technology. We included people active in hardware, software, social media, online gambling, and high-tech manufacturing. We used stock prices at the close of business on Friday, July 31 to value publicly-traded fortunes.

At the top of the list, Bill Gates, currently the world’s richest man and co-founded Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, has been ranked number one among tech tycoons, with a net worth of $79.6 billion, originally from Microsoft. In February 2014 Bill Gates stepped down as Chairman of Microsoft and taking on a new post as technology advisor. Under his leadership, Microsoft became a giant in software industry and helped make PCs commonplace.

Following, ranked number two is Larry Ellison, Oracle Chairman and Chief Technology Officer with net worth of $50 billion. In 2014, he was crowned by Forbes as the third-wealthiest man in America and as the fifth-wealthiest person in the world. He stepped down as CEO of Oracle in September 2014, but remains the company’s chairman and chief technology officer.

Crowned at the third position of the list is Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products. Forbes pegs Bezos’ net worth at $47.8 billion with more than 90% of which lies in his 18% stake in Amazon. Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 after making a cross-country drive from New York to Seattle, writing up the Amazon business plan on the way. He initially set up the company in his garage. On August 5, 2013, Bezos announced his purchase of The Washington Post for $250 million in cash.

Following is the top ten chart of 2015 Richest in Tech crowned by Forbes :

1. Bill Gates – Net Worth $79.6 billion, Origin of Wealth : Microsoft
2. Larry Ellison – Net Worth $50 billion, Origin of Wealth : Oracle
3. Jeff Bezos – Net Worth $47.8 billion, Origin of Wealth : Amazon.com
4. Mark Zuckerberg – Net Worth $41.2 billion, Origin of Wealth : Facebook
5. Larry Page – Net Worth $33.4 billion, Origin of Wealth : Google
6. Sergey Brin – Net Worth $32.8 billion, Origin of Wealth : Google
7. Jack Ma – Net Worth $23.2 billion. Origin of Wealth : Alibaba
8. Steve Ballmer – Net Worth $22.7 billion, Origin of Wealth : Microsoft
9. Laurene Powell Jobs – Net Worth $21.4 billion, Origin of Wealth : Apple, Disney
10. Michael Dell – Net Worth $19.4 billion, Origin of Wealth : Dell

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